Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that individual autonomy comprises a fundamental tenet for liberalism , legal enforcement of contracts demands a careful justification , for legal sanctions inevitably place fetters upon a person 's freedom of action . |
| 2 | No. 141 made a number of recommendations with respect to covenants in leases which place restrictions upon a tenant 's ability to assign or sublet . |
| 3 | The Permanent Court held that although the parties to a treaty could bestow rights upon a third party there was a presumption against this , a presumption which Poland had not rebutted . |
| 4 | Climatology is probably the most data-rich branch , in which maps showing mean values of climatic elements such as precipitation or temperature had been long-established and numerous attempts had been made to classify climates upon a world basis . |
| 5 | As to ( b ) , the rule that if A 's goods are feloniously taken by B , A may follow them onto C's land rests upon a passage in Blackstone which commended itself to two of the judges in Anthony v. Haney . |
| 6 | The framework I want to propose rests upon a regard for the importance of the active , interpreting self in social interaction ; for the way it perceives , makes sense of and works upon the actions of others and the situation in which it finds itself ; the way it pursues goals and tries to maximize its own ( often competing ) interests ; the way it pursues these things by combining or competing with other selves ; the way it adjusts to circumstances while still trying to fulfil or retrieve its own purposes — and so forth . |
| 7 | They seemed like a great group of standing stones upon a misty moor and he wanted to step forward and go to where they were . |
| 8 | The International Law Commission considered the possibility of sanctions against a non-member State which entailed obligations upon a member State conflicting with a treaty obligation with the non-member State . |
| 9 | He must have been with them all the time from Corry , to Raasay , to Kingsburgh , to Dunvegan : ‘ a fellow quite like a savage ’ — and they were followed , ‘ as colts follow passengers upon a road ’ , by local lads , barefoot , ragged , lazy and not wholly unmenacing . |